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Children Don't Give Words Special Power to Categorize Their World
December 27, 2011 — New research challenges the conventional thinking that young children use language just as adults do to help classify and understand objects in the world around them. In a new study involving 4- to ... > full storyMore: -
Understanding Left-Handedness
December 27, 2011 — Left-handedness is sometimes the expression of a genetic defect or an early developmental ... > full story -
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Listen Up: Abnormality in Auditory Processing Underlies Dyslexia
December 21, 2011 — Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption and how it interferes with reading comprehension has not been ... > full story -
Synesthesia Linked to a Hyper-Excitable Brain
December 20, 2011 — Hyper-excitability' in regions of the brain may underlie synesthesia, an unusual condition where some people experience a 'blending of the senses', new research ... > full story -
Babies Track Word Patterns Long Before Word-Learning Starts
December 9, 2011 — During the first year of life, when babies spend so much time listening to language, they're actually tracking word patterns that will support their process of word- learning that occurs between the ... > full story -
The Big Picture: Long-Term Imaging Reveals Intriguing Patterns of Human Brain Maturation
December 7, 2011 — Now, new research describes the first comprehensive study of coordinated anatomical maturation within the developing human brain. The study reveals that functionally connected brain regions mature ... > full story -
Language May Be Dominant Social Marker for Young Children
December 1, 2011 — Children's reasoning about language and race can take unexpected turns, according to researchers, who found that for younger white children in particular, language can loom larger than race in ... > full story -
Is There a Central Brain Area for Hearing Melodies and Speech Cues? Still an Open Question
November 29, 2011 — Previous studies have suggested a particular hotspot in the brain might be responsible for perceiving pitch, but auditory neuroscientists are still debating whether this "pitch center" actually ... > full story -
How the Brain Strings Words Into Sentences
November 28, 2011 — Distinct neural pathways are important for different aspects of language processing, researchers have discovered, studying patients with language impairments caused by neurodegenerative ... > full story -
Playing Music Alters the Processing of Multiple Sensory Stimuli in the Brain
November 24, 2011 — Piano practicing fine tunes the brain circuitries that temporally bind signals from our senses. Over the years pianists develop a particularly acute sense of the temporal correlation between the ... > full story
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